Joe Ragan

Monday while driving in the city, I saw this…

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Many people come and go in your life.  Few of them will have a lasting impact.
I met Dr. Bill Wilkerson during the summer of 1994 while living in Lugansk, Ukraine. My family in Texas had put together a suitcase and the team from First BC of Henderson brought it. (Small world: the Wilkerson’s son [...]

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Four days into the rescue of survivors of the earthquake it appears that one city has been completely devastated.  Miraculously, they are still pulling out survivors!  The Chinese station (English speaking) that I complained about the other day has been is now reporting almost non-stop from the quake area.  The images from there are just [...]

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I just returned home from running numerous errands. I turned on the TV to find that a major earthquake had hit China. After watching CNN for a while, I remembered that I receive a Chinese channel in English (CCTV 9).
So I turned over to the station. What were they showing? [...]

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My mother loved the color purple.  She would buy clothing with purple in them.  She especially loved flowers with purple intermingled in colorful arrays.
My mom’s birthday (April 16) and Mother’s Day were always about one month apart.  Usually for one of the special days I would send flowers.  Being overseas, the best thing to do [...]

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Today is Victory in Europe Day in Europe.  It was on the day that WWII came to an end in Europe.  The Soviet Army celebrated their victory on May 9.  Since last Saturday officials in Karaganda have been preparing for the celebration.
They have closed the main street twice in order for troops, etc to have [...]

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I noticed some tress last evening which finally have green buds.  Hopefully, this means that spring is finally coming…
It still gets around freezing every night, however, this weekend promises temps in the 70’s!!!
Yippee!

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Little things can mean so much. I received a couple of boxes while I was gone. One full of dryer sheets and another full of Bear Creek soups. Wow! I am so blessed.
Some colleagues told me about something they bought in one of the grocery stores in Astana. On my [...]

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When I arrived home the kitchen cabinets were already installed. Wow, they look great. Here are a couple of photos…

I am so pleased with the way they look with the flooring.  In the first photo, the refrigerator [...]

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Here are a few photos from my 5 days in Frankfurt.
This first photo is something I never believed I would see on a Mercedes Benz…

Look closely at the upper part of the window. I guess it is true that duct tape will fix anything!! By the third day I noticed the tape had [...]

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